[Tumor necrosis factor in patients with suppurative-septic complications in terminal states and the possibilities for correcting its production].

The authors review the results of study of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) production by mononuclears in 37 patients recovered after critical conditions of various genesis. Relationships between TNF production, condition severity and complications development have been established. Use of a new correcting agent thymogexin ensured a modulating effect and reduced an excessively high TNF production both in vitro and in patients with pyoseptic complications.